This Blog will provide you with an opportunity to post comments, additions and corrections relating to the book The McNaughton’s of Glengarry County, Ont., and area and queries that relate to the McNaughton families of Glengarry County Ont. and their descendants as well as the counties of Soulanges and Stormont.

5— According to an article written by a John McNaughton prior to Dec 1888, Alex McNaughton was born in 1798 died in 1876— see p. 334 of McNaughtons of Glengarry 2008 Vol.1

6— According to an article written by a John McNaughton prior to Dec 1888, Alex McNaughton had a son Duncan A and Donald. There is no mention of the wife’s name, see p. 334 of McNaughtons of Glengarry 2008 Vol.1

7— According to an article written by a John McNaughton prior to Dec 1888, Donald McNaughton Sen’r was born about 1743 or 44 died in Apr 1841 age 97?— see p. 334 of McNaughtons of Glengarry 2008 Vol.1

8— According to the BMD in St Andrew’s Williamstown Donald McNaughton & Mary MacDonell had children baptised there between 1791, 1792, 1794, 1800, 1803 & 1806.

9— According to an article written by a John McNaughton prior to Dec 1888, Donald McNaughton Sr died in Apr 1841, thus indicating that there could be a Donald McNaughton Jun’r

10— According to an article written by a John McNaughton prior to Dec 1888, there is the indication that Alexander son of Donald & Mary settled in the township of Ross, Renfrew County.

OBSERVATIONS, COMMENTS, CONCLUSIONS All this is subject to further clarification and correction with any new info that may arise awf

The Alex McNaughton in No 2 & No 5 above contradict each other. Alex McNaughton died in 1851 and Alex McNaughton died in 1876. Thus indicating that they are 2 different Alexander McNaughtons, regardless whether the name of the father was Donald McNaughton.

Both Alex’ had a son Donald, but Alex McNaughton & Catherine Ferguson did not seem to have a son Duncan. Thus another indication that we are dealing with 2 different Alex McNaughtons.

In #10 above Alex McNaughton son of Donald & Mary settled in Renfrew County while the Alex McNaughton who married Catherine Ferguson seems to have stayed in Glengarry and is buried in St Andrew’s in Williamstown, Ontario. Thus another indication we are dealing with 2 different Alex McNaughtons.

Conclusion

Alexander McNaughton 1770-1851 husband of Catherine Ferguson is not the son of Donald McNaughton & Mary MacDonell based on the present information we are aware off as there are too many discrepancies to deal with.

We are dealing with 2 different Alexander McNaughtons, namely Alex 1770 -1851 and Alex 1798-1876 thus 2 sets of different parents, regardless as to whether the fathers name is Donald.

You, dear reader, are free to draw your own conclusions on the above contradictions in regards to these 2 Alexander McNaughtons

This is a timeline of Donald McNaughton & Mary MacDonald and list of children including the 2 Alex’s

TIMELINE

DONALDChildrenMary

McNaughtonMacDonell

1743-1841Ca 1745/50- bef 1833

Age 27Alex 1770-1851Age 20/25 possible

then a 20 year

gap

age 47Mary ca 1790Age 40/45 possible

Age 48Duncan 1791-1812 Age 41/46 possible

age 49Robert 1792- ca 1848Age 42/47 possible ??

Age 51Elizabeth 1794-1883Age 44/49

Age 53John ca 1796- 1888Age 46/51 questionable

Age 55Alexander 1798-1876Age 48/53 questionable

age 57Catherine 1800- ca 1862Age 50/55 questionable

age 60Margaret 1803-1880Age 53/58 questionable

Age 63Flora 1806- ca 1875Age 56/61 questionable

Red above indicates the child

is a child of a Donald & Mary

from Church BMDs

There is a 28 year gap between the birth of these 2 Alexander McNaughtons, Alex born 1770 and Alex born 1798, which to me indicates they are of 2 different generations. The only way they could be sons of Donald McNaughton 1743-1841 is that Donald would have had to be married twice. Again this indicates they are 2 different Alex McNaughtons.

According to the marriage record for Margaret McNaughton to John Chisholm in 1833 at St Raphael’s, Mary MacDonald the mother of Margaret was deceased prior to October 1833. At this time, in 1833, if this Mary MacDonald was the wife of Donald McNaughton [Sen’r] 1743-1841, she would have been around 80 to mid 80’s

This also raises the possibility that, not only were there two Alex McNaughtons, but there seems to be 2 sets of Donald McNaughton and Mary MacDonalds. This last assumption of 2 sets of Donald McNaughton and Mary MacDonalds is going to be a very good challenge to back up one way or other, yes there were or no there wasn’t!!!

About Me

ALEX W FRASER, or Alex Fraser born County of Glengarry, whose U E L ancestors settled in 1784, attended school, Lancaster, Williamstown, worked for Bell Canada, 1967 got ill at school in Ottawa, Ont. During convalescence 1971, he interested himself in the ancestry of his mother, father, pursued this quest by searching local records, cemeteries, he copied headstone inscriptions leading to the publication of Gravestones of Glengarry V 1 1976, V 2 1978.,V 3 1988, V 4 2008.V5 Kirk Hill, V6 Breadalbane, V7 Lochiel, V8 Glen Nevis 2011, published over 28,000 pages of material on the Glengarry Stormont County Ontario Area.
1992 he received the Canada 125th Anniversary medal, 1997 “The Morley K Thomas Award “ for 30 years of weather observing.
1998 Alex joined NATO/Bitron, started using the excellent product to reduce fuel, maintenance costs, 2006 under Bitron reached the Director, Founder, Presidential level in Bitron, averaging with his 1997 GMC 1/2 truck these 10+ years basically every 3rd tank of gas Free.
Rhoda Ross is a great assistance in collecting, sorting, publishing these works. The MacNaughton’s of Glengarry County Ontario area is her creation in this 4 volume work.